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Sunday, September 3, 1978
Scoring
| MIN | NOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Saints | Chuck Muncie 3 yard rush (Rich Szaro kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Vikings | Rickey Young 7 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| Saints | Chuck Muncie 7 yard rush (Rich Szaro kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| 2nd | Vikings | Rick Danmeier 44 yard field goal | 10 | 14 |
| Saints | Tony Galbreath 6 yard rush (Rich Szaro kick) | 10 | 21 | |
| Vikings | Chuck Foreman 1 yard rush (Rick Danmeier kick) | 17 | 21 | |
| Saints | Rich Szaro 32 yard field goal | 17 | 24 | |
| 4th | Saints | Tom Myers 97 yard interception return (Rich Szaro kick) | 17 | 31 |
| Vikings | Rickey Young 10 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) | 24 | 31 |
Team Stats
| MIN | NOR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 28 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-155-1 | 34-138-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 28-49-282-2-4 | 15-22-193-0-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-13 | 2-10 |
| Net pass yards | 269 | 183 |
| Total yards | 424 | 321 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-2 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 6 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-82 | 14-127 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Rickey Young | MIN | 10 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 134 | 2 | 48 | ||||||
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 18 | 122 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 28 | 49 | 282 | 2 | 4 | 48 | ||||||||
| Bob Tucker | MIN | 4 | 49 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Harry Washington | MIN | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Ahmad Rashad | MIN | 4 | 21 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 2 | 19 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Robert Miller | MIN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Archie Manning | NOR | 15 | 22 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Tony Galbreath | NOR | 14 | 77 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Chuck Muncie | NOR | 16 | 40 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 23 | ||||||
| Henry Childs | NOR | 2 | 59 | 0 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Ike Harris | NOR | 4 | 50 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Tinker Owens | NOR | 2 | 25 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Kevin Miller | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wes Chandler | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Clarence Chapman | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rich Mauti | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tom Myers | NOR | 0.0 | 3 | 151 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mo Spencer | NOR | 0.0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Rick Danmeier | MIN | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Wood | MIN | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Blanchard | NOR | 4 | 149 | 37.3 | 0 | ||||
| Rich Szaro | NOR | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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